Improvement in seeding-machines



l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH FOWLER ANI) F. M. BACON, OF RIPON, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEEDING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 21,252, dated August 24, 1858.

To allwhom 'it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOSEPH FOWLER and F. M. BACON, of Ripoli, in the county of Fond du Lac and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and Improved BroadeastSeeding Machine; and we dothereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of thesame, reference being had to the an-4 nexed drawings,making a part ot' this specifi-V cation, in which- Figure l is a vertical central section of" our invention, the plane of section bisecting the axle of the wheels on which the machine isl arranged as hereinafter shown and described,

whereby the seed will be evenly sown and properly covered with earth and all the parts placed under the. perfect control ot' the operator or attendant.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct our' invention, we will proceed to describe it. i

A represents a rectangular frame, on which a seed-box, B, is placed. The frame A is mounted on wheels \G C, and shafts or thills I) are attached to its front end. The seedbox B transversely is of triangular or V form, and at its lower end a cylinder, E, is placed, said cylinder extending the whole length of the seed-box and forming its bottom. The cylinder E has a rotary motion given it from one of the wheels C by means of gearing ct and a horizontal slide, F, works in the lower part of the seed-box and directly over the cyllnder E, said slidel having a lever, Gr, connected with it, by whiclrthe slide may be adjusted by the attendant or driver, whose seat may be on the seed-box B. The 'cylinder E has holes b made entirely through ittransversely with its axis, the cylinder beingLquite closely perforated. Directly below the cylinder E an inclined board, H, is suspended by rods or bars c. The back end or edge of this board is the lower end, as shown clearly in Fig. 1.

I represents a series ot' bars, the front ends of which are h un g loosely on arod, J, attached to the back end of the frame A. These bars are made ot' varying lengths, so as to form in the aggregate a scalloped back end, as shown clearly in` Fig. 2. To the back end of each bar I a curved metal tooth, K, is attached, said teeth having braces d formed with them.

L is a bar Which is hung or suspended below the bars -I by bars e e, and M 1s a lever which is placed on the rod J, the lower end ot' said lever being attached to the barI L.

As the `machine is drawn alongthe cylinder E is rotated, and is, in fact, a rotary screen, the seed passing from box B through the holes or perforatious b, and being thereby scattered on the board H, and from thence falling on the ground in an even broadcast manner. The teeth K pulverize the ground andfcover the seed, each tooth being allowed to rise so as to pass over any obstructions,and iu cases when all the teeth require to be raised in order to clear obstructions the operator grasps the le- 'ver M, and,drawing it toward him, thereby elevates the bars 1,the bar L elevating the bars. In consequence of having the holes b pass entirely through the cylinder E, the seed is more evenly distributed than by the wellknown seed cups or cells made in the cylinder, and by having the drag arranged as shown the seed is immediately covered, and its germinatin g principle will not be ailected by exposure, as is now the case.

The device as a whole is extremely simple and eiicient. i

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

`The combination of the rotary perforated cylinder E, board H, and toothed bars I, ar-

ranged for joint action as described.

JOSEPH FOWLER. F. M. BACON. Witnesses:

O. J. CLARK, S. B. MGCUNE. 

